I dedicate this post to my dear Aunt Sara, who finished her race this past week and is now at…
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New Musical Interludes – Part 1
Who here remembers my post from May 2018, On Giant’s Shoulders: The Power of Music in Writing? (There’s no prize…
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Hail to the King, Part 2: The Battle of Theme
This week, I bring you the next episode in “R. A. Nelson vs. Stephen King: A Showdown for the Ages!”…
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Hail to the King: Stephen King on Writing “Right”
I’ve been spending some quality time with this book lately: Oddly enough, this is the first Stephen King book I…
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The New Book; or, It Begins
Well, I finished a VERY rough draft of the first chapter of my new book this week. It’s more exciting…
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New Year “Adventures” and a Strange Gift
I don’t know how things are at your house, but in the Nelson homestead, 2019 has begun with a whimper…
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Peace: A NON-Non-Entity
The second week of Advent, we light the Peace candle. Last week’s poem addressed some common misconceptions of Hope: that…
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Hope: A Literary Chorus
Advent is here! As I described in last year’s post, Advent is the four weeks leading up to Christmas, and…
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Running: Chariots of Fire Meets Lord of the Rings
There are times when running can be absolute bliss. (There are, of course, also times when it can be the…
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Empty: A Paradox
Last week’s post was all about paradox: to be full is to be hungry for the right things. I included…
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